Vasoconstriction

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Narrowing of the blood vessel

Principle[edit | edit source]

The principle is the contraction of the smooth muscle in the vessel wall.

Substances with a vasoconstrictive effect[edit | edit source]

Use in the body[edit | edit source]

  • Local regulation of tissue blood flow (response to hypoxia in the pulmonary basin - the so-called Euler-Liljestrand mechanism, reaction to cold, etc.)
  • stop bleeding,
  • regulation Mean arterial pressure.

Source[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  • KITTNAR, Otomar, et al. Lékařská fyziologie. 1. edition. Praha : Grada, 2011. 800 pp. pp. 358. ISBN 978-80-247-3068-4.

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